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When
we are traveling,
half the fun is eating out! Digging in to the local cuisine is a
great way to immerse yourself in the culture of a new place; you may
even be surprised to find some great places right your own backyard.
From roadside diners to posh uptown trattorias, from to Mexican to
Moroccan, we'll help you find what you're craving.
Restaurant Locators
A great place to start searching for a restaurant online is The
World's Largest Dining Guide. You'll get an alphabetical listing
of all the dining options in a particular city, or you may sort by
name, cuisine or price. There is up-to-date info on restaurants
worldwide, and it is organized and easy to navigate. Fodor's adds
the ability to customize your results, providing for quicker access
to the info you need.
Other sites that do a good job are:
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Dine.com
Heading to the Big Easy? Here's a great guide
to New Orleans cuisine, complete with a dictionary of terms for
the creole-impaired. For that Caribbean Flavor try Caribbean
Menus - Your one stop for dining in the caribbean. Take a
look at VegDining.com Guide
to vegetarian restaurants around the world.
The Searchable database of IndianDinner.com
with thousands of Indian Restaurants from countries around the
world. Includes information on Indian cuisine, spices, and
festivals.
Reviews
Most of the above-mentioned sites offer reviews of some kind --
Fodor's and Frommers, again, being the best resources. In addition, Zagat.com
offers reviews of over 20,000 of the country's best restaurants on
their Web site. Subscribers receive access to their impressive
database; you'll find a cool sort feature that allows you to pick
from a variety of different criteria, such as most popular, most
romantic, or the best buys in a particular city. We love this!
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A new site which lets you review the restaurant of your choice is We8there.com.
Visit a great spot on your last trip, or want to warn others about
that dive you had the misfortune of patronizing? Now you too can be
a critic.
Reservations
Reserving a table online is something that appears to be
catching on, albeit somewhat slowly. iSeatz.com
lets you make a reservation at a select number of restaurants in
major cities. Also try foodline.com
for online reservations. It's easy to navigate and covers many US
cities.
Saving Money
If you eat on the road frequently, a great way to save money is
coupons. Printing coupons and joining dining programs on the Web is
a quick way to save a few bucks, and there's no clipping required!
Plenty of sites specialize in this; here are some good offers:
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Guidebooks
For dining options, recommendations and all around good advice,
pick up a
Roadfood: The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbeque Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much More
or the Zagat Survey 2004 New
York City Restaurants (Zagatsurvey: New York City Restaurants, 2004). If you aren't up for buying an additional guide specificallly to
search for good eats, restaurant recommendations can be found in any
respectable guidebook. See our Guidebook
Series article to help you choose the one that's appropriate for
you
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